No -
Inner City
Press' sin has
been to
co-found the
Free UN
Coalition for
Access as an
alternative to
DPI's and Ban
Ki-moon
partner UNCA,
and to put a
simple FUNCA
sign on the
door of its
office. Here
is a photo of
the sign, here.

We
have taken
note that you
have not until
now remove the
signs on your
office door as
per the United
Nations
Guidelines on
Media Access,
despite
repeated
requests
communicated
to you by
emails and
verbally by
DPI officials.

We
reserve the
right to take
actions
according to
the Guidelines
which
stipulate that
those violate
the rules may
have their
accreditation
withdrawn or
suspended.

Unless
this is just
some kind of
witch hunt
against FUNCA
(or any
alternative to
UNCA), that
should be
explained.

Also,
separately,
the Media
Accreditation
Guidelines do
not provide
any exception
or exemption
for UNCA. Are
you trying to
outlaw any
alternative to
UNCA?

Finally,
Peter
(who I will
cc) after a
one hour
discussion
last week told
me he would be
sending me, in
writing, some
sort of DPI
proposed road
map for FUNCA.
While
objecting to
the idea of
the UN seeking
to dictate the
corporate or
other form of
a free press
group that
seeks to
advocate for
greater media
access --
where are the
promised
“lines”?

And
given the
failure to
explain the
different with
the pro-UN
signs, the
legitimacy of
trying to
outlaw FUNCA
signs while leaving two
UNCA signs up,
and the
failure to
send the
promised
lines, can you
further
explain the
threat in your
email?